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These works by Toomik provide a good example of the influence of bodily manipulation that characterise his video art. They include a self-portrait of the artist in which a part of the portrait is transferred onto different body parts that leaves an extremely strong impression on the viewer. The event is described as a fact that has occurred on the basis of performance. In both works the transformation of the body begins with the genital area. Toomik offers powerful images that throw the poor tradition of Estonian surrealism on its back, and brings forth the ability to deal with transgression. The two pictures accommodate both the origin of the interpretation of aggressively psychoanalytical surrealism and the story of its generation. Eha Komissarov

Jaan Toomik
Birthday II

 
Artist: Jaan Toomik
Title: Birthday II
Date: 2003
Technique:
Material:
oil
canvas
Height (cm): 160.0
Width (cm): 200.0
Description: These works by Toomik provide a good example of the influence of bodily manipulation that characterise his video art. They include a self-portrait of the artist in which a part of the portrait is transferred onto different body parts that leaves an extremely strong impression on the viewer. The event is described as a fact that has occurred on the basis of performance. In both works the transformation of the body begins with the genital area. Toomik offers powerful images that throw the poor tradition of Estonian surrealism on its back, and brings forth the ability to deal with transgression. The two pictures accommodate both the origin of the interpretation of aggressively psychoanalytical surrealism and the story of its generation.
Eha Komissarov
Related categories: Contemporary Art
Copyright notice: Art Museum of Estonia
AME collection: Paintings collection
Collection number: M 7157
Accretion number: EKM j 50043
Muis reference http://muis.ee/museaalView/252586
File info: Source type: digital photography
File type: TIF
File size: 110.00MB
Resolution: 7127*5393px @ 300dpi
 
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